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Lies, slanders and half-truths. This is what the mass media generally publish about Venezuela. We aim to draw attention to these articles, reply to their distortions and mobilise the pressure of public opinion through letter-writing campaigns, etc. Please let us know if you find an article or report on Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution that you think is inaccurate and we should reply to (Contact Us)

Biased Macleans article on Chávez - letter writing campaign

31 October 2007
HoV Canada
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Macleans magazine, one of the major current affairs magazines in Canada, has recently published one of the most biased anti-Chavez articles ever seen in the country. HOV Canada has taken up the article, along with organisations in the US, in an effort to combat the distortions and out-and-out lies.

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The Washington Post's Bias Against Democracy in Latin America

21 August 2007
Chuck Kaufman - www.zmag.org
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In the 1980s the Washington Post honed an editorial page style to attack the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua weaving half truths, total lies, innuendo, and unsupported speculation. The paper is now using the “big lie” strategy against the Bolivarian process in Venezuela and its democratically elected president Hugo Chavez.

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"Chavez: from hero to tyrant" New Statesman readers deserve better

17 July 2007
Hands Off Venezuela
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This week's edition of the New Statesman carries a front-page article on Venezuela by Alice O'Keeffe under the title "Chavez: from hero to tyrant" . Hands Off Venezuela's Press Officer Charley Allan complains that this is just "standard Washington propaganda".

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Greek left wing and labour movement defends RCTV decision

29 June 2007
Hands Off Venezuela
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This statement has been signed by the most important representatives of the Greek trade union and left wing organisations, including Manolis Glezos a hero of the Anti-Nazi movement in Europe (1941-45), who at the age of 19 in 1941 removed, with danger to his own life, the Nazi flag from the Acropolis - Parthenon.

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The state of freedom of the press in Venezuela

20 June 2007
Pablo Roldan - Hands Off Venezuela London
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This lengthy article looks at every detail of how the media behaved before, during and after the failed 2002 coup in Venezuela. It leaves absolutely no doubt about the undemocratic nature of the private media in Venezuela and also points the accusing finger at the media internationally.

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